The French Capital

I was reading up on how Napoleon rebuilt Paris today, and I found a fantastic original source: The New York Times.

They've scanned and made available their entire archive, and this story, dated "December 13, 1867, Wednesday" was a treat. In addition to the useful information, I read the top journalistic stylings of 150 years ago. It's quite a bit chattier than I'd expected.

You'll need to log in, and then download a pdf, but it's worth the hassle. Here's bugmenot if you're a privacy goon like me.

Check that out.